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August Court Anno Domini 1747
(163 Offers himself against the said Aaron and the sheriff aforesaid Returns to to the Court here that he has Taken the body of the said Aaron And the afs.d Aaron in his Proper Person Comes and Defends the force and Injury when &C.a and saith that he Cannot deny the Action aforesaid of him the said William nor but that he owes to the said Wm the sum of Four Thousand five Hundred Pounds of Tobacco and no more Whereupon the said William by his attorney afs.d & Pray Judgment and those Damages so acknowledged together with his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in this part laid out and Expended to him to be adjudged Therefore it is Considered that the said William do Recover against the said Aaron his Damages aforesaid to Four Thousand five Hundred Pounds of Tobacco above acknowledged as also Two Hundred and Eighty Eight Pounds for his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in that part laid out and Expended on his assent by the Court here adjudged Def.t in Mer and the said Aaron in Mercy &Ca
It was Commanded the sheriff that he should take Bart.w Hatton Late of Cha.s County Joyner otherwise Called Bart.w Hatton of Charles County Joyner if &Ca and him safe keep so that he should have his body before the Justices of the Lord Prop.ry of his Next County Court to be holden at Charles Town on the Second Tuesday in August Next to answer unto Samuel Hanson Jun of the same County of a Plea that he Render unto him the Just and full sum of Three Thousand and Security Pounds of good Tobacco in Cask Convenient which to him he owes and unjustly Detains and so forth and that he should have then and there that Writt &Ca At which day to wit the Second Tuesday in Aug.st afs.d Comes the afs.d Samuel Hanson Jun by Jeremiah Chase his attorney & offers himself against the said Bartholomew and the sheriff aforesaid Returns to the Court here that he has taken the body of the said Bartholomew And the aforesaid Bartholomew in his Proper Person Comes and defends the force and Injury when &C.a and saith that he Cannot deny the action afs.d of him the said Samuel nor but that he owes to the said Samuel the sum of Three Thousand & Seventy Pounds of Tobacco & no more Whereupon the said Sam.l by his attorney afs.d & prays Judgment and those Damages so acknowledged together with his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in this part laid out and Expended to him to be adjudged Therefore it is Considered that the said Sam.l do Recover against the said Bart.w his Damages afs.d to Three Thousand and seventy Pounds of Tobacco above acknowledged as also Two Hundred and five pounds for his Costs & Charges by him about his suit in that part laid out & Expended on his assent by the Court here adjudged Def.t in mer and the said Bart.w in Mercy &Ca Mem.o the def releases the Penalty on payment of Prin.l Int & Damages Whereupon into Court here in his Proper person Comes James Freeman of Charles County Joyner & becomes Pledge and secy for the said Bart.w that if it should happen the s.d Bart.w in the plea afs.d should be Convict that then the s.d James yielded and Granted that as well the Debt afs.d as all Costs which to the said Samuel in this part should be adjudged of his Lands and Chattles should be made and levied to & for the use of the s.d Sam.l that if it should be taken that the said Bart.w the Debt and Costs afs.d to the said Samuel should not pay or his body into the Custody of the sheriff by reason thereof Render |
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